Tour Cuzco, Peru, and learn how it deals with the admixture of traditional and modern ways of life

Name: Tour Cuzco, Peru, and learn how it deals with the admixture of traditional and modern ways of life
Uploaded: 2020-02-24T08:00:00Z
Duration: 23 s
Description: Cuzco, Peru.

Cuzco, Peru.

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Tour Cuzco, Peru, and learn how it deals with the admixture of traditional and modern ways of life
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Transcript

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NARRATOR: The ancient town of Cuzco is a combination of contrasts, bringing together the old and the new.

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Traditional ways cross paths with a modern world in the streets of Cuzco.